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Line 33: \| relatives = }} '''Carmen Boullosa''' (born September 4, 1954 in [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]) is a Mexican poet, novelist and playwright. Her work focuses on the issues of feminism and gender roles within a Latin American context. It has been praised by a number of writers, including [[Carlos Fuentes]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/23/cultura/785545221_850215.html\|title=Fuentes: "Hay que levantar los muros que separan la literatura en español"\|first=Ediciones El\|last=País\|date=23 November 1994\|publisher=\|via=elpais.com\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213010347/https://elpais.com/diario/1994/11/23/cultura/785545221_850215.html\|archivedate=13 December 2017\|df=}}</ref>, [[Alma Guillermoprieto]], [[Roberto Bolaño]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://old.clarin.com/suplementos/cultura/2001/03/25/u-00301.htm\|title=Un narrador en la intimidad\|website=old.clarin.com\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405120534/http://old.clarin.com/suplementos/cultura/2001/03/25/u-00301.htm\|archivedate=2017-04-05\|df=}}</ref> and [[Elena Poniatowska]], as well as publications such as ''[[Publishers Weekly]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/carmen-boullosa.html\|title=Books by Carmen Boullosa and Complete Book Reviews\|publisher=\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011429/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/authorpage/carmen-boullosa.html\|archivedate=2017-12-13\|df=}}</ref>''. ==Early life== Line 43: One of her novels, ''Son vacas, somos puercos'' (1991, translated into English in 1997 as ''They're Cows, We're Pigs''<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/books/new-noteworthy-paperbacks-307823.html\|title=New & Noteworthy Paperbacks\|first=Scott\|last=Veale\|date=18 March 2001\|publisher=\|via=NYTimes.com\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213011045/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/18/books/new-noteworthy-paperbacks-307823.html\|archivedate=13 December 2017\|df=}}</ref>) is narrated in the first person by an old man looking back on his life. He was kidnapped and sent from his native France on a slave ship to the [[Caribbean\|West Indies]] at the age of thirteen. To gain his freedom, he joins a group of pirates (or "pigs"), allowing Boullosa to compare two very different societal and political systems—traditional Europe and carefree pirates. In ''La milagrosa'', a novel written in 1993, the protagonist is a girl who has the power to heal the sick and perform other miracles while she sleeps. She falls in love with Aurelio Jimenez, a detective sent to discredit her, even though she fears that her powers will disappear if she spends time with people. It ends ambiguously, leaving an unsolved murder without closure. ''Duerme'', another popular work published in 1995, tells the story of Claire, a French woman whose mother was a prostitute. Attempting to escape the same profession, she arrives in Spain dressed as a man. To save a subject of the Spanish king, she reveals herself as a female and prepares to take his punishment of death by hanging. Beforehand, however, she is wounded in the left breast and her blood is replaced by water from the lakes of Mexico City. The water's magical powers make it possible for her to survive the punishment. Boullosa is also well- known for her ''Teatro herético'' (1987), a compilation of three parodies in play format—''Aura y las once mil vírgenes'', ''Cocinar hombres'', and ''Propusieron a María''. The first tells the story of a man called by God to "deflower" eleven thousand virgins in his life, so that heaven's overpopulation problem might be addressed, since the women will have to wait in purgatory for a time. The man then uses his sexual encounters as material for his television commercials and becomes a successful advertising agent. ''Cocinar hombres'' tells the story of two girls who find themselves to have become young adult witches overnight, so as to fly over the earth tempting but not satisfying men. Finally, the third play satirically recounts the conversation between [[Saint Joseph\|Joseph]] and [[Mary, the mother of Jesus\|Mary]] before Mary gives birth to [[Jesus]] and ascends to heaven. ==Personal life== Boullosa has two children—[[María Aura]] and Juan Aura—with her former partner, [[Alejandro Aura]]—and is now married to author [[Mike Wallace (historian)\|Mike Wallace]].{{cncitation needed\|date=September 2017}} ==Works== Line 72: ===Books=== * ''El libro de Ana'', Siruela Ediciones, Madrid, 2016,.<ref>''Texas'', Editorial Alfaguara, México.</ref> Editorial Alfaguara, México.2016.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cultura/letras/2016/07/19/ya-no-hay-tantas-kareninas-boullosa\|title=~~“Ya~~"Ya no hay tantas ~~Kareninas”~~Kareninas": Boullosa\|date=19 July 2016\|publisher=\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104214143/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/cultura/letras/2016/07/19/ya-no-hay-tantas-kareninas-boullosa\|archivedate=4 November 2016\|df=}}</ref><ref>[https://www.pressreader.com/argentina/newsweek-en-español/20160808/282170765535065]{{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180215003033/https://www.pressreader.com/argentina/newsweek-en-espa%C3%B1ol/20160808/282170765535065 \|date=2018-02-15 }}</ref> * ''Texas'', Editorial Alfaguara, México. English translation: ''TEXAS'', translated by Samantha Schnee, Deep Vellum, 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://deepvellum.org/product/texas-the-great-theft/\|title=Texas: The Great Theft - Deep Vellum Publishing\|website=deepvellum.org\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102204838/http://deepvellum.org/product/texas-the-great-theft/\|archivedate=2016-11-02\|df=}}</ref> * ''Las paredes hablan'', Ediciones Siruela, Madrid, Autumn, 2010.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.siruela.com/novedades.php?&id_libro=1455\|title=Ediciones Siruela\|website=www.siruela.com\|deadurl=no\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104142453/http://www.siruela.com/novedades.php?&id_libro=1455\|archivedate=2016-11-04\|df=}}</ref> Line 95: ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Sources== * ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, 2004▼ ==External links== [http://www.carmenboullosa.net/ Boullosa's homepage] [https://web.archive.org/web/20051123193246/http://www.bombsite.com/boullosa/boullosa.html Interview in BOMB Magazine] ▲* ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, 2004 {{Authority control}}

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